HowItUsedToWork.txt

   1 HOWITWORKS - Monkey >= 0.5.x
   2 ============================
   3 Date        : 20 Sept 2002
   4 Last Update : Initial version
   5
   6 Note: I don't write or speak english very well :P .
   7
   8 Here I hope to explain how monkey works. This isn't a set design, this
   9 design has been changing with time and will continue to change :) .
  10
  11 Sections
  12 --------
  13         1) Starting and setting
  14         2) Accepting and processing new connections
  15         3) comming soon...
  16
  17
  18 1) Starting and setting
  19 -----------------------
  20 In this section i will explain what monkey does at the beginning.
  21
  22         Starting monkey ->|
  23                           |
  24                 +----------------------+ <- file: monkey.c
  25                 +    Reading options   +    func: main();
  26                 +   from command line  +
  27                 +----------------------+
  28                           |
  29                 +----------------------+ <- file: monkey.c, config.c
  30                 + Reading config files +    func: main();
  31                 +----------------------+          |->Monkey_Read_Config();
  32                           |
  33                           |
  34                 +----------------------+ <- file: monkey.c, signals.c
  35                 +   Starting signals   +    func: main();
  36                 +----------------------+          |->Init_Signals();
  37                           |
  38                           |
  39                 +----------------------+ <- file: monkey.c
  40                 +    Setting socket    +    func: main();
  41                 +----------------------+
  42                           |
  43                 +----------------------+ <- file: monkey.c
  44                 +    Setting threads   +    func: main();
  45                 +      properties      +
  46                 +----------------------+
  47                           |
  48                 +----------------------+ <- file: monkey.c, utils.c
  49                 +   Changing mode to   +    func: main();
  50                 +    daemon if it was  +          |->set_daemon();
  51                 +     specicated       +
  52                 +----------------------+
  53                           |
  54                 +----------------------+ <- file: monkey.c, logfile.c
  55                 +     Register PID     +    func: main();
  56                 +      of process      +          |->add_log_pid();
  57                 +----------------------+
  58                           |
  59                 +----------------------+ <- file: monkey.c
  60                 +  Starting main loop  +    func: main();
  61                 +   and waiting for    +
  62                 +   new connections    +
  63                 +----------------------+
  64
  65 2) Accepting and processing new connections
  66 ------------------------------------------
  67 When a new connection comes, monkey follows the next steps.
  68
  69
  70                 +----------------------+ <- file: monkey.c, deny.c
  71                 +   Checking IP from   +    func: main();
  72                 +   remote machine to  +          |->Deny_Check();
  73                 +   know if this is    +
  74                 +   not blocked in our +
  75                 +   monkey.deny file   +
  76                 +----------------------+
  77                           |
  78                 +----------------------+ <- file: monkeu.c
  79                 +   Checking how many  +    func: main();
  80                 +   request are being  +
  81                 +  processed by monkey +
  82                 +----------------------+
  83                           |
  84                 +----------------------+ <- file: monkey.c
  85                 +  Passing connection  +    func: main();
  86                 +   to a new thread    +          |->thread_init();
  87                 +----------------------+
  88                           |
  89                 +----------------------+ <- file: monkey.c, request.c
  90                 +   Reciving request   +    func: thread_init();
  91                 +    and processing    +          |->Request_Main();
  92                 +----------------------+
  93